60 Best New Year Quotes in Spanish 2024
A new year is upon us! Let’s celebrate by looking at 60 New Year quotes to inspire good feelings about this opportunity for change.
Every time the earth completes an orbit around the sun, people celebrate a new beginning at the stroke of midnight. Hugs are shared all over the world and we rejoice as we prepare to tackle the next year with hope and happiness.
And, even though this year will be different from anything we’ve experienced before, we can always take some time to reflect on what happened, what we want for the future, and how to better ourselves.
To start 2024 with your best foot forward, check out these inspiring New Year quotes to give you motivation!
Let’s take a look at the best New Year’s resolutions in Spanish for you to learn and get some ideas on what to plan for this year.
Join more than 559 million people on the planet who speak Spanish!
Sign up for a free trial Spanish class today. ➡️
35 Inspiring and Thought-Provoking New Year Quotes
1. Gabriel García Marquez
En realidad, el único momento de la vida en que me siento ser yo mismo es cuando estoy con mis amigos.
In reality, the only moment in life where I feel like myself is when I’m with my friends.
2. Anaïs Nin
No hice ninguna resolución para el Año Nuevo. El hábito de hacer planes, de criticar, sancionar y moldear mi vida, es ya un evento cotidiano para mí.
I made no resolution for New Year’s. The habit of making plans, criticizing, sanctioning, and molding my life is already a daily event for me.
3. Albert Einstein
Aprende de ayer, vive para hoy, ten esperanza de mañana. Lo importante es no dejar de cuestionar.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Escribe en tu corazón que cada día es el mejor día en el año. El rico es aquel que se adueña del día, y nadie que se adueña del día permite ser invadido por preocupaciones y ansiedades.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
5. Pablo Neruda
El niño que no juega no es niño, pero el hombre que no juega perdió para siempre al niño que vivía en él y que le hará mucha falta.
The kid that doesn’t play isn’t a kid, but the man that doesn’t play has forever lost the kid that lived in him and he will miss that greatly.
6. Josemaría Escrivá De Balaguer
No esperes el año nuevo para tomar resoluciones: todos los días son buenos para las decisiones buenas.
Don’t wait for a new year to make resolutions: every day is a good day for good decisions.
7. Roberto Gómez Bolaños
El heroísmo no consiste en carecer de miedo, sino en superarlo.
Heroism consists not of lacking fear, but of overcoming it.
8. Victor Hugo
El alma tiene ilusiones, como el pájaro alas; eso es lo que la sostiene.
The soul has longings like the bird wings; it’s what keeps them aloft.
9. Horacio Quiroga
Ten fe ciega, no en tu capacidad para el triunfo, sino en el ardor con que lo deseas.
Have blind faith not in your capacity for success, but in the passion with which you desire it.
10. Quino
¡Resulta que si uno no se apura a cambiar el mundo, después es el mundo el que lo cambia a uno!
It turns out that if one doesn’t move to change the world, the world is the one that changes you!
11. Julio Cortázar
Nada está perdido si se tiene el valor de proclamar que todo está perdido y hay que empezar de nuevo.
Nothing is lost if you have the valor to proclaim that everything is lost and that you have to start over.
12. Mario Benedetti
Lo que uno quiere de verdad, es lo que está hecho para uno; entonces hay que tomarlo, o intentar. En eso se te puede ir la vida, pero es una vida mucho mejor.
What we really want is what’s made just for us; so we have to take it or try to take it. Our whole life can be dedicated to that, but it will be a much better life.
13. Cándido
Los hombres tienden a plantear sus deseos ante quienes consideran que es milagrosamente superior a ellos, por una vía de fe o por otra.
Men tend to propose their desires to those they consider miraculously superior to them, through faith or otherwise.
14. Gabriela Mistral
Donde haya un árbol que plantar, plántalo tú. Donde haya un error que enmendar, enmiéndalo tú. Donde haya un esfuerzo que todos esquivan, hazlo tú. Sé tú el que aparta la piedra del camino.
Where there’s a tree to plant, plant it yourself. Where there are mistakes to mend, mend them yourself. Where there’s an effort everyone avoids, do it yourself. Be the person that moves the rock from the road.
15. Buddha
No importa cuán difícil fue el pasado, siempre puedes empezar de nuevo.
No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.
16. Hillary DePiano
Todos tenemos los mismos trescientos sesenta y cinco días. La única diferencia es lo que hacemos con ellos.
We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.
17. Carmen Martín Gaite
Mientras dure la vida, sigamos con el cuento.
While life lasts, let’s continue the story.
18. Martín Balarezo García
Estamos aquí para trascender, no solamente para respirar.
We’re here to transcend, not only to breathe.
19. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos; con ella no pueden igualarse los tesoros que encierra la tierra ni el mar encubre.
Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that were given to men by the heavens; you can’t compare it with treasures trapped under the earth or covered by the sea.
20. Mehmet Murat ildan
¡A veces un año ha sido tan desastroso y terrible que entrar a un nuevo año automáticamente significa entrar a un año espectacular!
Sometimes a year has been so disastrous and so terrible that entering a new year will automatically mean entering a wonderful year!
21. Chespirito
Y tómese en cuenta que uno puede recuperar el dinero, el amor, el prestigio o cualquier cosa que haya perdido… Menos el tiempo.
And take into account that you can recuperate money, love, prestige, or anything you’ve lost… except time.
22. Isabel Allende
Antes de conquistar la montaña, debes aprender a superar tu miedo.
Before conquering a mountain, you have to learn to conquer your fear.
23. Gabriel García Marquez
Un verdadero amigo es quien te toma de la mano y te toca el corazón.
A true friend is he who takes your hand and touches your heart.
24. Jorge Luis Borges
Al cabo de los años he observado que la belleza, como la felicidad, es frecuente. No pasa un día en que no estemos, un instante, en el paraíso.
Throughout the years I’ve observed that beauty, like happiness, is frequent. There isn’t a day where we’re not, for an instant, in paradise.
25. Aristotle
Considero más valiente al que conquista sus deseos que al que conquista a sus enemigos, ya que la victoria más dura es la victoria sobre uno mismo.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
26. Victor Hugo
El futuro tiene muchos nombres. Para los débiles es lo inalcanzable. Para los temerosos, lo desconocido. Para los valientes es la oportunidad.
The future has many names. For the weak, it’s the unreachable. For the fearful, it’s the unknown. For the brave, it’s an opportunity.
27. Eleanor Roosevelt
El futuro pertenece a quienes creen en la belleza de sus sueños.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
28. Woody Allen
Me interesa el futuro porque es el sitio donde voy a pasar el resto de mi vida.
We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.
29. Miguel de Unamuno
Procuremos más ser padres de nuestro porvenir que hijos de nuestro pasado.
Let’s try to be parents to our future instead of children of our past.
30. José Ortega y Gasset
Es el porvenir quien debe imperar sobre el pretérito, y de él recibimos la orden para nuestra conducta frente a cuanto fue.
The future has to prevail over the past, and from the future, we receive the order to act according to what was.
31. Alan Turing
Podemos ver sólo una corta distancia al futuro, pero vemos lo suficiente para darnos cuenta de que hay mucho que hacer.
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
32. Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Si queremos que todo siga como está, es necesario que todo cambie.
If we want things to stay as they are, it’s necessary for everything to change.
33. Paulo Cohelo
Las personas cambian cuando se dan cuenta del potencial que tienen para cambiar las cosas.
People change when they realize the potential they have to change things.
34. Carl Gustav Jung
Si existiera algo que quisiéramos cambiar en los chicos, en primer lugar deberíamos examinarlo y observar si no es algo que podría ser mejor cambiar en nosotros mismos.
If there were something we want to change in children, we should first examine it and see if it’s not something that would be better to change in ourselves.
35. André Maurois
Quién quiere cambiar siempre encontrará una razón para cambiar.
The person who wants to change will always find a reason to change.
10 Funny New Year Quotes
1. Oscar Wilde
Las buenas resoluciones son simplemente cheques que las personas hacen en un banco en el que no tienen una cuenta.
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
2. Cantinflas
Hay momentos en la vida que son verdaderamente momentáneos.
There are moments in life that are truly momentary.
3. Chespirito
Soy Chespirito; la risa es una expresión de triunfo del cerebro. Si te ríes por un chiste es porque lo entendiste.
I am Chespirito; laughter is an expression of triumph from the brain. If you laugh at a joke, it’s because you understood it.
4. Elbert Hubbard
No te tomes la vida muy en serio. No saldrás vivo de ella.
Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.
5. Don Ramón
Trabajar no es malo, lo malo es tener que trabajar.
Working isn’t bad. What’s bad is having to work.
6. Theodore Roosevelt
Si pudieras patear los pantalones de la persona responsable de la mayoría de tus problemas, no podrías sentarte por un mes.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
7. Mark Twain
No dejes para mañana lo que puede ser hecho pasado mañana también.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done the day after tomorrow just as well.
8. Anonymous
Corre tras tus sueños. Si no los alcanzas, al menos adelgazas.
Run after your dreams. If you don’t reach them, at least you’ll be fit.
9. Stephen Hawking
La vida sería trágica si no fuera graciosa.
Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.
10. Eugenio Derbez
No saben el peso que se quitarían de encima si se atrevieran a reírse de sus tragedias.
You don’t know the weight that’s lifted off your shoulders when you’re willing to laugh at your own tragedies.
15 New Year Quotes About Love and Kindness
1. Gabriel García Marquez
Puedes ser solamente una persona para el mundo, pero para una persona tú eres el mundo.
You can be only one person in the world, but for someone else you are the world.
2. Julia Álvarez
El objeto de la bondad no es regresarla, si no propagarla.
The objective of kindness is not to return it but to propagate it.
3. Cantinflas
Yo amo, tú amas, él ama, nosotros amamos, ustedes aman, ellos aman. ¡Ojalá no fuese conjugación sino realidad!
I love, you love, he loves, we love, you all love, they love. If only this was not a conjugation, but reality!
4. Efraín Recinos
Si las cosas no se hacen por amor, mejor no hacer nada.
If things are not made out of love, it’s better to do nothing at all
5. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Amor y deseo son dos cosas diferentes; que no todo lo que se ama se desea, ni todo lo que se desea se ama.
Love and desire are two different things; not everything that’s loved is desired, nor everything that’s desired is loved.
6. Saint Augustus
Ama y haz lo que quieras. Si callas, callarás con amor; si gritas, gritarás con amor; si corriges, corregirás con amor, si perdonas, perdonarás con amor.
Love and do what you will. If you hush, hush with love. If you shout, shout with love. If you correct, correct with love. If you forgive, forgive with love.
7. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Amar no es mirarse el uno al otro; es mirar juntos en la misma dirección.
To love is not to look at each other, it’s looking in the same direction together.
8. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Al primer amor se le quiere más, a los otros se les quiere mejor.
You love your first love more but your next love better.
9. Amado Nervo
Ama como puedas, ama a quien puedas, ama todo lo que puedas. No te preocupes de la finalidad de tu amor.
Love however you can, whoever you can, whatever you can. Don’t worry about the purpose of your love.
10. Jorge Bucay
El verdadero amor no es otra cosa que el deseo inevitable de ayudar al otro para que sea quien es.
True love is none other than the unavoidable desire to help the other person be who they are.
11. Latin American Proverb
Es una locura amar, a menos de que se ame con locura.
It’s crazy to love unless you’re crazy about loving someone.
12. Jorge Bucay
No hay que morir por el otro, sino vivir para disfrutar juntos.
You don’t have to die for love, but love to enjoy it together.
13. Blaise Pascal
El corazón tiene razones que la razón ignora.
The heart has reasons that reason ignores.
14. Jacinto Benavente
El verdadero amor no se conoce por lo que exige, sino por lo que ofrece.
True love is not known by what’s demanded, but by what’s offered.
15. José Ortega y Gasset
El amor, a quien pintan ciego, es evidente y perspicaz porque el amante ve cosas que el indiferente no ve y por eso ama.
Love, which they call blind, is all-seeing and perceptive because the lover sees things that the indifferent don’t see, and that’s why they love.
New Year Quotes For a Better Tomorrow
All these New Year quotes connect with us and our current life situations in different ways. You can use these amazing quotes to let your loved ones know how much they mean to you.
Which of the New Year quotes was your favorite? Do you have other New Year quotes you want to share? Let me know in a comment!
If you want to start the year by learning a new skill, take a free class with one of our certified Spanish teachers. Get started on your Spanish journey in 2021!
Join one of the 40,000 classes that we teach each month and you can experience results like these
“This is the best way for your kid to learn Spanish. It’s one-on-one, taught by native Spanish speakers, and uses a curriculum.”
– Sharon K, Parent of 3
“It’s a great way to learn Spanish, from native Spanish speakers in a 1-on-1 environment. It’s been fairly easy to schedule classes around my daughter’s other classes. The best value for us has been ordering multiple classes at a time. All the instructors have been great!”
– Cindy D, Parent of 3
“HSA offers very affordable, quality, one on one classes with a native speaker. My son has greatly benefited from taking classes. We have seen his confidence increase as well as his pronunciation improve because he learns from a native Spanish speaker. HSA has quick, personal customer service. Our family has been very pleased with our experience so far!”
– Erica P. Parent of 1
Did you love these New Year quotes? Check out more of our curated lists!
- The History and Significance of Guatemalan Jade
- Top 10 Science Fiction Spanish Books for Adults (with PDFs)
- Are Bilingual Children More Likely to Experience a Speech or Language Delay?
- Top 10 Places to Visit in Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Learn About Hispanic History: Were Hispanics Slaves?
- Celebrating Culture and Joy: The Magic of Carnival in Spanish-Speaking Countries
- 15 Mouth-Watering National Dishes of Latin America
- 60 Best New Year Quotes in Spanish 2024
- Top 10 Science Fiction Spanish Books for Adults (with PDFs) - August 22, 2024
- 200+ Beginner Spanish Vocabulary Words PDF: Learn Spanish Fast! - August 15, 2024
- 60 Best New Year Quotes in Spanish 2024 - January 18, 2024